Antimicrobial activity and total content of polyphenols of Rheum L. species growing in Poland

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 814-820

  Kosikowska, Urszula ^a   Smolarz, Helena D ^a   Malm, Anna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antistaphylococcal activity; R. undulatum L.; Rheum spp.

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RHEUM; RHEUM PALMATUM; RHEUM RHAPONTICUM; RHEUM UNDULATUM; RHEUM X HYBRIDUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 77957237300     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-010-0067-4     Document Type: Article

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